| Has the United States lost it's basic principle of | | | | All Americans are created equal and life, liberty, and |
| morality? Has the United States moved away from | | | | the pursuit of happiness is a right granted to every |
| the guiding principles that this country was founded on? | | | | citizen of the United States. Our founding fathers |
| A single line from the Declaration of Independence | | | | acquired these principles from their religious beliefs, and |
| describes these basic principles, and it is the meaning | | | | regardless of what people may think, the United |
| of these words which provided the foundation for the | | | | States was founded on Biblical principles. Our founding |
| formation of the United States: | | | | fathers did not use certain aspects of the Bible just to |
| "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men | | | | satisfy what they wanted in a country. They used the |
| are created equal; that they are endowed by their | | | | Bible as a whole in order to create an understanding of |
| Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among | | | | what the basic rights are for an individual. They |
| these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - | | | | concluded that these rights are from God and are |
| Thomas Jefferson | | | | given to all individuals. |